Aspiring to become a future educator teaching science, my personal education has guided me to become continuously interested in this content area. Graduating from La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island as an honors student, I have realized the importance of academic achievement towards future endeavors. Consistently at my academic best for all four years of high school has shaped me into the model student I am today here at The University of Rhode Island. While here at The University, I am completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in both Biology and General Science. I am also completing course work in other areas and will graduate with the English as a Second Language Endorsement, as well as the Middle Level Endorsement. Preparing myself to enter into a career within Education will present the opportunity to share my great educational experiences with future students in order to help shape their education. Some interests include staying active with recreational sports, fishing, running, as well as following all the home town sports teams.
This unit will cover introductory material regarding Ecological behaviors, biological hierarchy of organisms, trophic level interactions within food chains, as well as classifying producers, consumers, and decomposers. This unit will integrate the use of technology by using concept maps, graphing data on laptop computers, elmo or transparency projectors to help visualize diagrams and other notes, research for classroom projects, as well as the use of videos and simulations. Having technology within the lessons will allow students to explore advanced avenues for learning individually, as well as with their peers. Students will also have to apply background knowledge in order to learn new content material. Background knowledge will not only include the scientific principles of living and non-living things, environmental factors, as well as cells, but it will also incorporate background knowledge from mathematics with the use of fractions, solving for unknown variables within equations, as well as units of measurement. Overall, students will have the opportunity to participate in discovery learning, think peer share experiences with their classmates, experiences for stimulating prior knowledge, as well as various forms of assessment. Within the laboratory experiments of this ecological unit, students will not only be "hands on" in their kinesthetic processing, but also "minds on" while going through the learning process. Kinesthetically performing the experiment, while also understanding the true meaning of what they are scientifically seeing and learning will guide students through these inquiry sequences.
Principal: Mr. Frederick W. Silva
Sci Dept Head/MS Team Leader: Julie Connor
Office secretary(s): Diane Drape, Eileen Leblance, Susan Messier, Marie Worthington
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying? Pawtucket Public School Department
What are the phone numbers? (401) 729-6300
Cooperating Teacher: Miss. Julie Conner
Principal: Mr. John Lahar
Sci Dept Head/MS Team Leader: Mrs. Lynn Hannah
Office secretary(s):
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying? North Smithfield School Department
What are the phone numbers? (401)-769-5492 x2205
Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Lynn Hannah
Aspiring to become a future educator teaching science, my personal education has guided me to become continuously interested in this content area. Graduating from La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island as an honors student within the top twenty percent of my class, I have realized the importance of academic achievement towards future endeavors. Consistently at my academic best for all four years of high school has shaped me into the model student I am today here at The University of Rhode Island. While here at The University, I am preparing myself to enter into the field of teaching with a career in education because I want to share my great educational experiences with future students in order to help mold their education.
Christopher Martinelli
Aspiring to become a future educator teaching science, my personal education has guided me to become continuously interested in this content area. Graduating from La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island as an honors student, I have realized the importance of academic achievement towards future endeavors. Consistently at my academic best for all four years of high school has shaped me into the model student I am today here at The University of Rhode Island. While here at The University, I am completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in both Biology and General Science. I am also completing course work in other areas and will graduate with the English as a Second Language Endorsement, as well as the Middle Level Endorsement. Preparing myself to enter into a career within Education will present the opportunity to share my great educational experiences with future students in order to help shape their education. Some interests include staying active with recreational sports, fishing, running, as well as following all the home town sports teams.
Teaching Portfolio
Teaching Philosophy - Christopher Martinelli Teaching Philosophy
Unit Plan - Ecology CM
This unit will cover introductory material regarding Ecological behaviors, biological hierarchy of organisms, trophic level interactions within food chains, as well as classifying producers, consumers, and decomposers. This unit will integrate the use of technology by using concept maps, graphing data on laptop computers, elmo or transparency projectors to help visualize diagrams and other notes, research for classroom projects, as well as the use of videos and simulations. Having technology within the lessons will allow students to explore advanced avenues for learning individually, as well as with their peers. Students will also have to apply background knowledge in order to learn new content material. Background knowledge will not only include the scientific principles of living and non-living things, environmental factors, as well as cells, but it will also incorporate background knowledge from mathematics with the use of fractions, solving for unknown variables within equations, as well as units of measurement. Overall, students will have the opportunity to participate in discovery learning, think peer share experiences with their classmates, experiences for stimulating prior knowledge, as well as various forms of assessment. Within the laboratory experiments of this ecological unit, students will not only be "hands on" in their kinesthetic processing, but also "minds on" while going through the learning process. Kinesthetically performing the experiment, while also understanding the true meaning of what they are scientifically seeing and learning will guide students through these inquiry sequences.
Student Teaching Information
A. First Student Teaching Placement
School: William E. Tolman High SchoolAddress: 150 Exchange Street, Pawtucket, RI
Principal: Mr. Frederick W. Silva
Sci Dept Head/MS Team Leader: Julie Connor
Office secretary(s): Diane Drape, Eileen Leblance, Susan Messier, Marie Worthington
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying? Pawtucket Public School Department
What are the phone numbers? (401) 729-6300
Cooperating Teacher: Miss. Julie Conner
B. Second Student Teaching Placement
School: North Smithfield Middle SchoolAddress: 1850 Providence Pike, North Smithfield, RI
Principal: Mr. John Lahar
Sci Dept Head/MS Team Leader: Mrs. Lynn Hannah
Office secretary(s):
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying? North Smithfield School Department
What are the phone numbers? (401)-769-5492 x2205
Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Lynn Hannah
Observations and Reflections
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Aspiring to become a future educator teaching science, my personal education has guided me to become continuously interested in this content area. Graduating from La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island as an honors student within the top twenty percent of my class, I have realized the importance of academic achievement towards future endeavors. Consistently at my academic best for all four years of high school has shaped me into the model student I am today here at The University of Rhode Island. While here at The University, I am preparing myself to enter into the field of teaching with a career in education because I want to share my great educational experiences with future students in order to help mold their education.